Barclays Manchester, United Kingdom
Join us as a Legal Counsel VP at Barclays, where you will be part of our Global Commercial, Innovation and Technology (CIT) Legal team. We provide a wide range of legal services and advice across the Barclays Group, operating at the cutting edge of law, innovation, and regulation.
In this role, you will advise on a range of commercial contracts for businesses across the Bank, with a focus on complex market data vendor agreements. You will be tasked with leading and supporting transactional work for the Market Data team, including working with the business to negotiate license rights, redistribution of data rights, restrictions around AI usage and key legal terms.
Responsibilities
* Develop and implement best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
* Provide legal advice and support to the business on CIT Areas, including regulatory advice, advocacy, innovation and technology strategy, and contract drafting, review and negotiation.
* Represent the bank in legal proceedings related to CIT Areas such as litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations.
* Create and review legal documents—including agreements and licenses for commercial services, technology, software, data, real estate, sponsorships and other legal documents—to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
* Conduct legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank across the CIT Areas.
* Develop and deliver training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the CIT Areas.
* Proactively identify, communicate and provide legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs), keeping up to date with changes and ensuring they are reflected within relevant policies, standards and controls.
Qualifications
* Qualified lawyer (Solicitor, Barrister or equivalent in the UK or another comparable jurisdiction).
* Significant experience working with market data vendors and negotiating on their contractual terms.
* Strong expertise in commercial contracts and technology agreements, ideally within the financial services sector.
* Knowledge of license rights, data distribution and AI restrictions in vendor agreements.
* Proven ability to manage stakeholders and deliver results in a fast‑paced environment.
* Experience in regulatory frameworks relevant to financial services.
* Track record of process optimisation and continuous improvement.
* Genuine interest in AI, technology and innovation.
Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include
* Experience with process improvement.
* Experience with optimisation.
Vice President Expectations
* Contribute to strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change; plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and address breaches.
* If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel employees on performance and contribute to pay decisions; lead specialists to influence operations and balance short‑ and long‑term goals.
* If a people leader, demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive: Listen, Energise, Align, Develop.
* As an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert and guide technical direction; lead collaborative assignments; train and coach less experienced specialists; influence long‑term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
* Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on cross‑functional impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks; support control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in the team's work.
* Show comprehensive understanding of organisational functions to support business goals.
* Collaborate across functions to keep pace with business activity and strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought; conduct in‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
* Adopt research outcomes in problem‑solving processes.
* Build trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Banking and Financial Services
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
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